564 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Type locality: ‘(Northern and western slopes of Stone Mountain, Dekalb 
County, Ga.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
PAROSELA Cav. Desc. 185. 1803. 
(DaLxEa Willd. Sp. P]. 3:1336. 1801. Not P. Brown nor Gaert.) 
Parosela dalea (L.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 196. 1894. 
Psoralea dalea L. Sp. Pl. 2: 764. 1753. 
Dalea alopecuroides Willd, Sp. Pl. 3: 1336, 1803. 
D. linnaea Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:57. 1803. 
Ell. Sk.2:195. Gray, Man. ed. 6,132. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:77. 
MEXICO. ; 
Aleghenian and Carolinian areas. Minnesota, Dakota, and Nebraska to the Rocky 
Mountains; Colorado, Illinois, and Missouri south to Arkansas and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Fide Dr. Chapman, Has of late not been observed in the Stute. 
Aunual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in America.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
KUHNISTERA Lam. Encycl.3:370. 1789.) 
(PETALOSTEMON Micbx. FI. Bor. Am. 2:48. 1803.) 
About 35 species, perennials, of temperate North Aimerica, eastern and continental, 
mostly southern. 
Kuhnistera candida (Willd.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. P].1:192. 1891. 
WHITE-FLOWERED PRAIRIE CLOVER. 
Dalea candida Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 1337. 1801. 
Petalostemon candidus Michx.; Willd. Sp. P1.3: 1337. 1801. As synonym. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 133. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 615; ed.3,101. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:79. 
MEXICco. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Prairie region throughout the Mississippi Valley 
north to Saskatchewan, Minnesota, Nebraska, south to Texas, Louisiana, Kentucky, 
and ‘Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Dry prairies. Montgomery County, Pratt- 
ville. Sumter and Pickens counties (/. A. Smith). Flowers white, June. Not 
infrequent. , 
Type locality: ‘‘In Tennessee ct in regione Ilinoensi.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Kuhnistera gracilis (Nutt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. P1.1:192. 1891. 
SLENDER PRAIRIE CLOVER. 
Petalostemon gracilis Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7:92. 1834. 
Chap. 1.93. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:79. 
Louisianian area. Western Florida to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Grassy pine barrens. Mobile County (Gates), 
Baldwin County. Flowers white; September, October. Frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Lower part of Alabama and Florida.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Kuhnistera carnea (Michx.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl.1:192. 1891. 
INCARNATE-FLOWERED PRAIRIE CLOVER. 
Petalostemon carneus Michx. I'l. Bor. Am. 2:49. 1803. 
P.roseus Nutt. Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 1, 5: 298. 1822. 
Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Sandy pine ridges. Henry County (2. 4. Smith). 
Flowers white. July. Not seen westward, 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Georgia et Florida.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Kuhnistera gattingeri Heller, Bull. Torr. Club, 23:121. 1896. 
GATTINGER’S PRAIRIE CLOVER, 
Carolinian arca. Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Central Prairie region. Open grassy places on 
rocky calcareous soil, Franklin County, Russellville. Hale County, Gallion, in the 
'A.A. Heller, Notes on Kubnistera, Bull. Torr. Club, vol, 23, pp. 119 to 125. 1896. 
